Call for Submissions to Mad Pride Toronto 2012: Art Exhibition and Mad Market
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Meeting the information needs of Consumer/Survivors in the Toronto Area BULLETIN June 16- 30, 2012 Consumer/Survivor Information Resource Centre of Toronto, 1001 Queen St. West, Toronto Phone Hours: M–F from 9–5 / Drop-in Hours: M–F from 9–4 Tel: 416-595-2882 [email protected] http://www.csinfo.ca/ Call for Submissions to Mad Pride Toronto 2012: Art Exhibition and Mad Market Tuesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 15 www.madprideto.com Mad Pride is an arts, culture, and heritage festival created by psychiatric survivors, consumers, mad people, folks the world has labelled “mentally ill”, and those in solidarity with us. Mad Pride is about: • remembering and participating in mad history • challenging discrimination • advocating for rights • affirming mad identities • developing and empowering mad communities • having fun! Our lives and contributions are valuable and need celebration! The Mad Pride Toronto 2012 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce its first juried Art Exhibition and invites submissions by psychiatric survivors, consumers, and mad people. Works may be two dimensional, sculptural, or time-based arts. For two dimensional or sculptural works, submissions should be in the form of jpegs with artists submitting no more than 5 works for consideration. For video or film works, submit in DVD form by mail or via an electronic link. Please include details on media, dimensions/duration, year completed, and how to contact you (phone or email). Successful candidates will be notified on July 7. Artists will be responsible for transporting their works to and from the show and may decide to remain at the site to both speak about their work and sell it. Submission Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2012 Contact: Martine at [email protected] Community Announcements 1 – 7 Employment Matters 7 - 8 Places to go 8 - 10 BULLETIN 466 June 16 - 30, 2012 1 Tabling opportunities! The Mad Pride Toronto 2012 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the return of the Mad Market and invites submissions that are consumer/survivor driven. If you would like to display/sell your art, crafts, buttons, t-shirts, gear, knitting, zines, books, music, baked goods or promote your blog, website, group, network, idea, consider requesting a table at the Mad Market on July 11, 12, 13 and/or 15. Submission Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2012 Contact: Joanna at [email protected] or 416-516-1422 x 262 Mad Pride is celebrated annually around the world. Help us tell people about Mad Pride Toronto 2012 by distributing posters/brochures from our website at www.madprideto.com or emailing [email protected] for copies. The schedule of events from July 10 - 15 will be available in the July 1st edition of the C/S Info Bulletin – Our next issue!! C/S INFO’S NEXT WORKSHOP IS ALL ABOUT THE PEER SUPPORT POSITIONS AT CAMH Join the Consumer/Survivor Info Centre on Monday, June 25 from 10:00 to 11:30 am for a free workshop. CAMH has recently developed a number of peer support positions within its’ clinical programs, and many people with lived experiences of mental health and/or addiction challenges have expressed interest in assuming these positions. In order to prepare people for the next peer support postings at CAMH, Diana Capponi will be speaking about some of the other qualifications looked for or required beyond personal lived experience of the mental health care system. To increase your chances of being selected for a peer position, come and hear about the competencies, or skill sets that CAMH looks for when filling peer support worker positions. Always better to be prepared!! Shannon Quinn a CAMH Peer Support Worker will also be present to talk about her work. When: Monday, June 25th. 10:00 – 11:30 am. Where: B-40 Unit 4 – Basement – Notices will be posted. The workshop will be held in our favourite place to have workshops — Room B40 in the basement of Unit 4 at CAMH, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at 1001 Queen Street West. Everyone welcome, no need to pre-register, although for the purposes of getting enough refreshments, maybe give a call and we’ll keep count. Helen at the Consumer/Survivor Information Resource Centre of Toronto 416-595-2882 or [email protected] BULLETIN 466 June 16 - 30, 2012 2 Self-Help Support group for people who hear voices.. Third Thursday of each month [not in August] Thur July 21st 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm This is an open group for anyone who hears voices - run by voice hearers for voice hearers. Everyone who comes hears voices too and / or has other experiences that other people may not understand If you are interested contact us at http://hvntoronto.wordpress.com We will invite you and send you info where to come. We do not broadcast the location - but we’re downtown and very TTC-able. Note - The location is not great if steps are difficult for you. If you hear voices you are not alone • Hearing voices does not necessarily mean that you are ill. • but feeling like they ruin or control your life – or even if they just make it difficult to watch TV – can be a pain in the posterior. • and if they lead to you becoming isolated then you can certainly becoming very ill indeed. voices are real …. Millions of people round the world hear voices many have found ways to make their own life with voices easier by learning with and from others who share similar experiences. In hearing voices we aim to • create safe spaces for each other to talk and listen to each other about experiences with voices • share and learn about ways we can live with voices we hear. And we do this around the world in small groups linking up in a worldwide network and community. We don’t tell you what to do, what to think or say about your voices We hear voices too. BULLETIN 466 June 16 - 30, 2012 3 and if you can afford $50 [includes breakfast & lunch for two days] you might want to come to …. Holistic Mental Health Conference June 21st and 22nd where I’m leading a workshop: Hearing Voices : A normal Human Experience That will include info about what’s happening in Canada and Toronto More info and registration… http://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/holistic-mental-health-conference/ recoverynetwork:Toronto people can and do recover from “mental illness” Founded and run by people who believe in recovery: because we are living it – and we’re connecting with others around the globe. We believe… • all human experience is of value and meaningful - if only we can hold open our minds and hearts wide enough and for long enough to understand. • the rich and diverse range of human experiences cannot adequately be described or understood by biomedical or clinical theories alone - especially those that are distressing and difficult. • just as mental illness is complex so we must embrace that in our approaches to working with it, to healing and especially assisting others in healing • our whole society [and perhaps especially mental health institutions] are in recovery: as much in need of learning and of healing as any individual • simply, our present system has sucked for way too long and change is way overdue…. What we do… • We share ideas, media reports and stories from around the globe, help you connect ideas and throw in some opinion and sometimes a bit of attitude. • Sometimes we’re deadly serious, sometimes deliberately provocative, sometimes we just wanna have fun. • We are interested in making available to everyone the many ideas and practices that can help people emancipate themselves and allow them to find their own ways to heal. We’re free We’re free to you and free of control by any organization, profession, politics or ideology. Recovery 2.0 is coming. You can be a part it…. Find us at www.recoverynetwork:Toronto.wordpress.com BULLETIN 466 June 16 - 30, 2012 4 PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR ARCHIVES, TORONTO (PSAT) SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012 from 1-5 PM at THE 519 CHURCH STREET COMMUNITY CENTRE, Room 201 (just north of the corner of Church and Wellesley Streets) Psychiatric survivors/consumers/current/former patients & allies are welcome to attend PSAT’s AGM. Hear about past activities! Decide future directions! Debate bylaws! Elect board members for the year ahead! Celebrate the unveiling of a “Phoenix Rising” poster! Make history! This meeting is wheelchair accessible. Refreshments and light snacks will be available. For more information please call: 416-661-9975 or 647-764-4781 For more information on PSAT please see: http://www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com/ Important info: Home Repairs Benefit applications must be in by June 30th Hi Coalition members, So we’ve let you know that the provincial budget contained some cuts that are distressing. One of them is the home repairs benefit – for those on ODSP (or OW) who own their place of residence. The deadline to apply for this benefit is June 30th, 2012. They then expect to pay the money out to those qualified before the end of 2012 except in particular circumstances. Apparently the Ministry will communicate with homeowners about the deadline and removal of this benefit – but I wanted you to know as soon as possible (because June 30th is coming quickly). So if you are a homeowner on ODSP, or work with people in this situation, PLEASE speak to your ODSP worker immediately and make sure you take advantage of this benefit before it’s gone. It is still unclear what the municipalities will provide that might assist some people with the same types of repairs.